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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Torfaen website
18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gelligravog Farm Bdy Trees On SW & Field Borders 0236 & 1144 & Footpath 109
Received 21 Mar 1995Baily Rhedyn Tramlane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Mar 1995Garage At Rear Of Ice Cream Factory Foundary Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 28 Jul 19949 10 33 46 Monmouth Hse The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre NP44 1QT
Received 15 Jun 199311 North Walk Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1XF
Received 6 Oct 199213 The Moorings Pontymoile Pontypool
Received 20 Mar 2000Henllys Village SCH Hse Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 Jun 1997Car Park No.1 Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Feb 1996Pugh's Garden Centre Treherbert Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 17 Feb 2000Ponthir Hse Inn Caerleon Rd Ponthir Gwent
Received 11 Jul 1994Plot 1 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 25 Jan 2002L& At Woodl& St Springvale Cwmbran
Received 7 Dec 2001Muskoka Sunlea Crescent Usk Rd Pontypool
Received 21 Nov 2001L& Adj To Baptist Church Rear Of King St Blaenavon
Received 24 Aug 20017 Wellington Lane Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Apr 1998GDD Holes Oldbury Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Dec 1997Adj To St Marys Church Hall The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Aug 19952 Hafod Rd Ponthir Gwent
Received 6 Nov 1995Pontnewynydd Ind Est Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 Jan 2001St James Vicarage Hanbury Rd Pontypool
Received 5 Dec 2000Derwent New Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 15 Sept 200089 Picton Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7HB
Received 14 Jul 2000Esporta Wilcrick Place Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1TX
Received 23 Feb 200011 Saxons Hses Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7DP
Received 10 Feb 1997Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Torfaen County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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